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Scientific Name | Graderia linearifolia Codd |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | OROBANCHACEAE |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable D2 |
Assessment Date | 2007/05/03 |
Assessor(s) | L. von Staden & M. Lötter |
Justification | One known location is potentially threatened by alien plant invasion and infrastructure development. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Mpumalanga |
Range | Steenkampsberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Steenkampsberg Montane Grassland |
Description | Sparse montane grassland on poor, gravely, quartzitic soil, 2255 m. |
Threats |
| Potentially threatened by invasive aliens, development and mining. The Steenkampsberg is currently under great development pressure. |
Population |
Population trend | Stable |
Conservation |
| Not currently conserved in any formally protected area. |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Graderia linearifolia Codd | VU D2 | Raimondo et al. (2009) | |
Bibliography |
Codd, L.E. 1964. Graderia linearifolia. Bothalia 8:176-177.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
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Citation |
| von Staden, L. & Lötter, M. 2007. Graderia linearifolia Codd. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/05/09 |
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